C1637 Remnant People of Jiangbei (1/2)

Time was of the essence, and there were not enough tools like explosives. If he wanted to defend such a long and wide river, he would have to use a clever method. Efficiency was the most important factor.

The old man had a lot of experience in life, and with albus pallidus's reminder, the people who were busy working on the ice at the Shizheng's ferry started to change their way of work.

At this moment, the surface of the Black Dragon River was about half a meter deep, there was no problem even running horses or cars, and the wide surface of the river was about 1500 meters wide, and this was during the winter when the water was dried up. Once the summer season was over, the width of the Black Dragon River would exceed 2 or even 3 km wide.

Moreover, if he wanted to safely defend against the enemy's forces, according to the topography of the Shizheng, as long as he wanted to break through the ice layer that was five kilometers long, it would be possible for the Rakasha cavalry to take a detour and attack him.

1.5 km multiplied by 5 km. This was 7: 5 km of ice cover needed to be destroyed. This was already close to the size of the Forbidden City.

If it was according to Hun Chun's previous plan of destroying the land and relying on the explosives to pile up the land, she would probably not be able to get out of the water. However, albus pallidus's plan had finally solved a big problem.

The crowd on the ice, which had originally covered the sky like a flock of sheep, began to gather. A hundred of them began to gather together, all sorts of tools they used to chisel the ice, and under the lead of an officer, they advanced together.

The soldiers with fast legs began to measure the surface of the ice. Every thirty meters, a long rope would be lowered from the north, south, east, and west.

Hun Chun who was standing on the hillside watched as the entire river turned into a huge Go board, and these people started to move along the Go's latitude and longitude line.

A pickaxe, a shovel, an ice pick, a sledgehammer... There were even some people who gave up their kitchen knives and scissors and began to cut the ice along the black line.

Two-thirds of the way down, the half meter deep layer of ice was only enough to create a long ice channel. The ice channels crisscrossed with each other, forming a huge grid of ice over a hundred square meters. The stress structure of the entire layer of ice was completely destroyed.

”Hahaha …” The Hun Chun laughed, ”Smart, you're really smart, no wonder people say that people always take things for granted! With this kind of treatment, people can safely walk on the ice, but if the group of war horses want to charge, that will be seeking death. As long as they dare to charge on the ice, then we will have to wait for the ice to crack! ”

albus pallidus laughed honestly: ”Sir, you can still quickly melt the ice trough with charcoal and black soil. That way, it will take at most a day for the entire ferry to be covered in ice, and it won't be enough time to pass the cavalry …”

”The speed at which these people are digging ice is not fast enough. The lord can order the people to boil water or even boil oil on the shore. Those areas that have not been dug up, first pour boiling water and hot oil over them.”

The intelligence of the masses was great, the Hun Chun was a benevolent person, one order after another was quickly issued, the entire process of destroying the ice surface was getting faster and faster.

Along the path of the Black Dragon River Southern Bank, hundreds of huge pots and pans were lined up. Under the pots, the pine wood chopping and burning were crackling, shovels after shovels of snow were thrown into the pot and quickly melted. The light blue flame licked the bottom of the pot and very quickly, the steam started to rise, and pearl-like bubbles started to roll out.

A total of thirty thousand civilians and soldiers were working together desperately, kneeling on the ice, sending water back and forth to fill the trenches with ice cubes, carrying baskets of charcoal and black soil to fill the pits. No one was tired of working, and no one even drank the meat soup that was cooked on the shore.

Just as everyone was busy getting busy, suddenly, there were a few streams of smoke coming out from the north shore of Black Dragon River. Hun Chun turned pale with fright, thinking that the enemy had arrived ahead of time.

At this moment, hundreds of thousands of people carrying tools suddenly emerged from the dikes on the other side of the river. A group of people ran madly towards the surface of the river.

”We're from the northern shore!” Everyone cheered. Two groups of people crowded together on the river, hugging each other.